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It is most definitely not an out of date stereo type that (a looot of) French people are not particularly fond of English. Go to any university and you’d be sur
by Tehnix 8y ago
It is most definitely not an out of date stereo type that (a looot of) French people are not particularly fond of English. Go to any university and you’d be surprised about the amount of students that don’t speak English, or can just muster a couple of words. It ingrained in the culture, from dubbing movies and series, having previously been the lingua franca of academics, culture etc, having a large part of the country in rural places, and (in some places) being seen as arrogant of you speak English or say English phrases.
Source: French girlfriend, French friends and having been there a lot.
- marmaduke 8y agoHi, source I’m an uni engineer in France, everyone in my 100+ lab speaks English. What’s more is there’s a funny reversal occurring where people insert English phrases to be hip, eg in the middle of a French sentence, you hear a “yes” or a “let’s go” or a “in z pocket” (I never understood that last one)
- etiennemarcel 8y ago"in the pocket"? as in the literal translation of "c'est dans la poche" (meaning "I got this, it's easy")